Career Change

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Summary: A Must Read for Serious Career Changers
Review: "I found Career Change to be full of practical and helpful strategies (including real life experiences of 10 career changers). Dr. Helfand has put together a treasure of resource material much needed in these troubling recessionary times. The author's writing style is very down to earth and easy to read. The highight for me was the 50 plus page Chapter on helping people identify career options with the use of a case study, the actual complete assessment details of a real person..........very helpful in seeing how to get your results and understand them. No other book I'm aware of quite covers this topic so thoroughly. Kudos to Dr. Helfand for hitting a grand slam Home Run in the World Series of job search and Career Change.

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Summary: Save your money
Review: I did not find this book helpful at all. It is packed with academic speak and very little practical material. I would recommend Richard Bolles' What color is Your Parachute, Howard Figler's The Complete Job Search Handbook, and J. Michael Farr's How to Get the Job You Really Want (this book is more of a manual and has some great ideas in terms of job searching and how to go about it. This one is definitely a must).

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Summary: Author Taped for National Television
Review: Just realized I could not leave a message without rating my own book (which does seem a bit awkward). I've recently taped two segments for the national NBC daytime reality show "Starting Over", where I did some career counseling for a member of the cast. Filming in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood--the show chronicles the lives of six women, each experiencing some type of life transition. For addtional information check out the website www.startingovertv.com---for times and stations in your area--click on "where to watch", for the current week's lineup of shows --click on "show guide".